Chapter 188 Emperor Xuanwu committed fraud? ?

"how is everything?"

There were a lot of lanterns in the front yard. Emperor Xuanwu looked at them one by one. He was quite patient, but Ji Yongxing and the others were getting a little impatient:
"The riddle has been solved. Have you found the last word?"

"I'm telling you, don't even think about stalling for time any longer. This yard is so small, and there are only so many lanterns. You've already seen..."

When Prince Wang was halfway through his urging words, Emperor Xuanwu glanced over indifferently.

It was very strange. It was only a fleeting glance, and there was a mask between them. Apart from those two eyes, no facial expression could be seen.
But Young Master Wang inexplicably felt a power from the other party that was even more powerful than that of his own father!
The words that were half mocking and half threatening were stuck in my throat.
It was not until Emperor Xuanwu turned around and walked to the other side that Prince Wang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"what happened to you?"

Due to the limitation of the mask, only Prince Wang saw the glance that Emperor Xuanwu just made.

From the perspective of Ji Yongxing and Master Li, Master Wang suddenly stopped talking halfway through his words, as if his throat was choked. It was quite disturbing.

"You didn't find the answer to the last word, did you?
Is it really in this front yard? Then we have to find a way to destroy it secretly!"

"……no."

Prince Wang took a deep breath, with some doubt in his eyes:

"I just felt that there was something wrong with this man. The look he gave me just now was intimidating without him even getting angry.

I have only felt this feeling from my father.

Will he..."

"You saw it wrong, didn't you?"

Mr. Li subconsciously questioned:

"Among the candidates who passed the exam this year, there are only a few with higher status than us, and we all know those who are.
Definitely not this guy!"

"But……"

Prince Wang frowned and wanted to say something else.
Ji Yongxing at the side suddenly raised his hand and pushed him:
"Alright, alright, hurry up and follow!

That guy is almost running away!"

"Yes, yes, don't let him escape!"

Master Li reacted and quickly grabbed Master Wang's hand, hurriedly catching up with the figure of Emperor Xuanwu in front.

When they arrived, Emperor Xuanwu had already walked to the arched wooden gate leading from the front yard to the inner courtyard.

The material of the wooden door looks very heavy, split in the middle.

But unlike ordinary double doors, the gap in the middle is not a vertical line, but a serrated one that is tightly closed.

Ji Yongxing and his companions had come here before when they had been searching in the front yard for a long time without success.

But the door could not be opened no matter what. What was even more annoying was that even if I found the so-called "garden waiter", the other party would only say "This door can be opened, but you still need to find a way to open it yourself."

Ridiculous! It's just opening a door, what else do you need to think of?
Ji Yongxing and his friends just thought it was outrageous.

But now, after seeing with their own eyes that Emperor Xuanwu raised his hand and tapped a stone from the small rockery beside the door, and the wooden door slowly opened to both sides automatically, they felt that it was even more outrageous -

"This is impossible!"

Ji Yongxing was the first one who didn't believe it:

"You must have cheated!"

"fraud?"

Emperor Xuanwu sneered disdainfully:
"Don't do to others what you cannot do to yourself!" It sounds quite elegant, but it translates to "You are a loser yourself, so don't assume that others are as losers as you."

Regardless of the character of Ji Yongxing and his friends, they were admitted as Gongshi by virtue of their real talents and knowledge.

It is impossible not to understand this sentence.

Including Prince Wang who was still a little hesitant, several people instantly became angry:
"You dare to say you didn't cheat?
Then tell me, why did you come here to take pictures of this stone for no reason?
How did this door open by itself?

You clearly bribed the waiter in this garden and used the clap of stones as a signal to have someone secretly open the door for you!"

"You put so much effort into just a small poetry gathering. How can we believe that you passed the exam based on your own abilities?
In my opinion, everyone should let him take off the mask, reveal his true identity, and ask Princess Saint Ann to conduct another thorough investigation! "

"That's right! Take off the mask!"

“Take off the mask!!”

Cheating in the imperial examination is something that the vast majority of scholars in the world cannot tolerate.

The following words by Ji Yongxing and his group accurately hit the nail on the head when it comes to the attitude of many people who would rather kill the wrong person than let him off for cheating in the imperial examination.

In addition, since everyone present was wearing a mask and hiding their identities, the not-so-glorious side of many people's hearts seemed to be revealed.

For a moment, quite a few people in this small front yard actually started to make a fuss.

"Take off the mask! Take off the mask!"

Yun Chuhuan also joined in the fun: "Take off the mask! Take off the mask!"

Yun Shu: “…”

Ji Yongtian was stunned:
"Isn't that your eldest brother? If he is found to have cheated in the exam, you will be doomed too, right?"

"It's okay."

Yun Chuhuan was having a great time making noises, and said casually:
"Even if everyone in the world cheated in the imperial examination, he would never... take off the mask! Take off the mask!"

Ji Yongtian: “???”

He really couldn't understand this.

Speaking of the good relationship between the brothers, he has never seen a situation where the elder brother is isolated and helpless while the younger brother is mixed up with the enemy side and helps to stir up trouble for them.

But if we say the relationship is not good...

This unreserved trust is truly astonishing!
Ji Yongtian scratched the back of his head, still unable to figure it out.

On the other side, Emperor Xuanwu, who was being attacked by the crowd, suddenly sneered:
"How dare you suspect others of cheating in the imperial examination?
The method of opening the door is clearly written on those lanterns, but you can't see it.
Aren't you the ones who should be suspected of cheating to get on the list? "

"Nonsense!"

Ji Yongxing thought that he was just trying to make excuses after being exposed, so he immediately "exposed" him:

"We've all seen those lanterns before. They're all just a bunch of random riddles. How can they tell us how to open the door?"

"Have you carefully looked at the patterns on those lanterns?"

Emperor Xuanwu asked coldly before Ji Yongxing and the others could react.
Not far from Emperor Xuanwu, a scholar who had not participated in the commotion from beginning to end suddenly realized:
"It's the royal family emblem!"

"What royal crest?"

Someone nearby asked in confusion:

"I've also seen the title of the poem on that lantern. Isn't the answer just the word 'courtyard'?
What does this have to do with touching a stone to open a door?"